Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PESE.1 | Sing, song | |
| PESE.2 | String figures | |
| PESU | Rubbish, dirty; plant variety ?: *pe(f,s)u | |
| PETE | Rash on the skin, itch | |
| PETI | Be fat | |
| PETU | Kick out | |
| PEU.1 | ||
| PEU.2 | Custom, habit | |
| PEWA | Crescent-shaped object | |
| PI-PIKI | Close eyes | |
| PI-PIRI | Name of a pair of stars, and a lunar month or season | |
| PI-PISA | Send up spray, spout | |
| PIA.1 | Arrowroot (Tacca leontopetaloides); starch | |
| PIA.2A | Sticky secretion | |
| PIA.2B | Foam, froth | |
| PIERE.1 | Pudding of grated taro, banana, etc: Kind of food made from banana, breadfruit or taro. | |
| PIERE.2 | ||
| PIGI-PIGI | Tree sp. (Hernandia) | |
| PIHE | Lamentation, cries of grief: *pi(f,s)e | |
| PII-WAI | Undeveloped, of fruit, root crops, or young animals | |
| PII.1 | Young, immature | |
| PII.2A | Sprinkle water; spurt, squirt | |
| CC | PII.2B | Full (of liquid); high or rising tide |
| PIIGAO | Dragonfly | |
| CK | PIIGOFI | Tongs: *piigo(f,s)i |
| PIIKAO | Package | |
| PIIRARI | Sticky substance | |
| PIKI-PIKI | Curly (hair) | |
| PIKI.1A | Grip, cling to, stick to | |
| PIKI.1B | Climb, ascend | |
| PIKI.2 | Cramp, to have the cramp, be numb | |
| PIKO.A | Bent, curved, crooked | |
| PIKO.B | Bow, stoop, bend down | |
| PIKO.C | To think, speak or act in a wrong, false or negative way | |
| PILAU | Decayed, stinking | |
| PILI-PILI | Octopus, cuttlefish | |
| PILI.1A | Adhere, stick to; sticky | |
| PILI.1B | Be close to, next to; joined to, together | |
| NO | PILI.1C | Place on top of; be on top of |
| PILI.2 | Lizard, gecko: *(moko)pili | |
| PILITA | A yam (Dioscorea pentaphylla) | |
| PILO | To stink (of excrement), putrid | |
| PIO | Extinguished | |
| PIPI.1 | A bivalve shellfish | |
| PIPI.2 | Tree sp. (Hernandia sp.) | |
| PIPI.3 | Disciple, student, learner | |
| PIRI | Riddle | |
| PIRI-PIRI | A burr; plant spp. with sticking or clinging seed-heads | |
| PISA.* | Box; box-shaped enclosure | |
| PISI.1 | Squirt, spurt, spatter, splash up |
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